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J LORENSON COMBINED UMBRELLA AND FAN.

No. 459,934. Patented Sept. 22,1891.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LORENSON, OF- VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- EIGHTHSTO MATHIAS N. HANSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBIYINED UMBRELLA AND FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,934, datedSeptember 22, 1891.

Application filed July 6, 1891. Serial No. 398,462. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LORENSON, of \Vaterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in aCombined Umbrella and Fan; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of acornbined umbrella and fanconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a broken enlargedview in side elevation of my newly-invented parts; Fig. 3, a similarview in front elevation; Fig. 4, a view of the same parts in verticalsection.

My invention relates to combined umbrellas and fans, the object being tocombine the two articles named in such a way as to permitthem to be veryconveniently used and carried together.

With these ends in view my invent-ion consists in the combination, withan umbrellastick, of a spring-actuated holding device mounted thereinand including a pivotal arm, one end of which projects from the stick,and a fan attached to the projecting end of the said arm.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

As herein shown, the fan A, which is a folding fan of any approvedconstruction, has the butt-ends of its sticks inserted between the twomembers of a fork B, forming the upper end of a small metallicfan-holder B, the said sticks being secured in place in the said fork bya pin B The central stick A of the fan is preferably made of metal andprolonged at its butt-end beyond its fellows and secured in someconvenient manner to the fan-holder in the bottom of the opening betweenthe two arms thereof, so that the said stick is neither movable to theright nor left, whereby the center of the fan is kept in line with theumbrella-stick C, which is preferable, but not necessary. The lower endof the said fanholder is bead-shaped and constructed with a longitudinalslot B and with a lockingshoulder E the said slot receiving theupwardly-curved projecting end of a carryingarm D, the opposite endwhereof is hung on a pivot E, mounted in the outer end of a hollowshoulder E, projecting laterally from the hollow metal tube F, attachedto the outer end of the umbrella-stick C, corresponding thereto indiameter and forming apart thereof, the said arm D extendingtransversely or substantially transversely through the said tube andprojecting at one end therefrom through an elongated slot C formedtherein. The upwardly-turned projecting end of the said arm D isprovided with a downwardlyprojecting spring-finger G, having a shoulderG formed upon its outer face to co-operate with the shoulder B, formedin the 'beadshaped lower end of the fan-holder in securing the same tothe arm. The said arm is provided upon its lower face and toward itspivoted end with a lug D, to which is pivoted a link H, located withinthe tube F and extending parallel therewith and having its lower endthreaded and entered into a spherical guide 1, adapted in diameter to bemoved longitudinally in the tube, but without any excess of lateralplay. A stem J, having its inner end threaded and entered into the saidguide, extends laterally outward through a slot J, formed in the tube,and supports at its outer end the operating-button K, which is securedto it by a screw K. Aspiral spring L, located within the lower end ofthe tube, is interposed between the lower face of the said guide and theinner end of a plug M, entering the extreme lower end of the tube andsecuring the knob M, of which it forms a part thereto. This springexerts a constant effort to lift the said guide, link, operatingbutton,and carrying-arm into their normal or elevated positions, in which theyare shown by full lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

It willbe understood that after the umbrella and fan have been openeddownward pressure upon the operating-button will cause the fan to beswung away from the umbrellastick and toward the person holding theumbrella very much in the same way that a fan is ordinarily manipulated,the fan being an tomatically returned to its upright position by meansof the spiral spring just as soon as pressure upon the button isrelieved.

The parts mentioned in the foregoing description constitute aspring-actuated holding device mounted in a portion of theumbrella-stick. Preferably the tube in which they are mounted will bemade of metal; but they might be mounted in a wooden stick suitablyhollowed out and slotted for the purpose.

In case it is desired to detach the fan, that may be done by simplypressing the retaining-spring G inwardly to disengage its shoulder Gfrom the shoulder B of the holder and lifting the fan and its holder offthe curved outer end of the carrying-arm. The fan is readily replaced bypressing the holder down over the said end of the arm,thus causing thesaid shoulders to be re-engaged.

It is apparent that in carrying out my invention some slight departuresfrom the construction herein shown and described may be made. I wouldtherefore have it understood that I hold myself at liberty to make suchslight changes and. alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined umbrella and fan, the combination, with theumbrellastick, of a springactuated holding device mounted therein,including a pivotal arm, one end of which projeets laterally out of thestick, and a fan attached to the projecting end of the said arm,substantially as set forth.

2. I11 a combined umbrella and fan, the combination, with anumbrella-stick, of a pivotal carrying-arm projecting near one end out ofthe same, an operating-button located outside of the stick, meansconnecting the said button and arm at a point within the stick, a springlocated within the stick and arranged to push the arm and button upward,a fanholder adapted to be attached to the said end of the arm, and a fanhaving the butt-ends of its sticks attached to the fan-holder,substantially as set forth.

In a combined umbrella and fan, the con1= binatiomwith an umbrella-stickmade hollow in part and having an offsetting hollow lug, of acarrying-arm having one end pivoted in the said lug and the otherprojecting out of a slot in the hollow portion of the stick, anoperating-button located outside of the stick and connected within thesame with the said arm, a spring located in the stick and arranged tohold the arm and button in their elevated positions, a fan-holderadapted to be attached to the projecting end of the said arm, and a fanhaving the buttends of its sticks attached to the saidfan-holder,substantially as set forth.

4. In a combined umbrella and fan, the combination, with a tube formingpart of an umbrella-stick, of a carrying-arm pivoted near one end in ahollow projection of the said tube and having its other end projectingout of the same, a spherical guide located within the tube,a linkconnecting the said arm and guide, a stem having its inner end enteredinto the said guide and projecting at its outer end through a slot inthe tube, an operating-button carried by the outer end of the said stem,a spiral spring located within the tube and pressing against the lowerface of the said guide, a fairliolder adapted to be attached to theprojecting end of the said arms, and a fan having the butt-ends of itssticks secured to the said fan-holder, substantially as set forth.

5. In a combined umbrella and fan, the combination, with anumbrella-stick, of a springactuated holding device mounted therein andincluding a pivotal carrying-arm, one end of which projects out of thesaid stick, a fanholder adapted to be removably attached to theprojecting end of the said arm, and a fan having the butt-ends of itssticks pivoted in the said holder, with the exception of its centralstick, which is rigidly connected therewith, spbstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN LORENSON.

Witnesses:

E. M. CHIPMAN, I). H. TIERNEY.

